A Hundred Thousand Orphans

A Hundred Thousand Orphans vividly documents the war and orphanage environments experienced by thousands of traumatized Eritrean children and the long-term consequences of their unique education.

Autorentext

Peter H. Wolff, MD (Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine), a renowned research psychiatrist and humanitarian, retired from positions as Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Senior Associate in Psychiatry at Children s Hospital Medical Center. He was a founding member of the Institutional Review Board at Boston Children s Hospital, on which he served for 35 years. Wolff is the recipient of many awards, an Honorary Degree, and author of approximately 150 publications.

Inhalt

List of Figures - Preface - Acknowledgments - Introduction - Part I Eritrea at War - The Road to the Base Camps - A Brief Overview of Modern Eritrea - The Base Camps - The Human Factor - Departures - Solomuna - Solomuna Revisited - Centers for Mothers and Infants - The Zero School - Cassandra's List - Peace at Last - Part II One Hundred Thousand Orphans - Meeting the Challenge - Orphanages - Reunification - Group Homes - Education after Liberation - Community Child- Care Centers - Part III A Dubious Liberation - A New Government - Another War - The Peacetime Economy and Its Ramifications - Part IV The Legacy of the Zero School - The Orphans Revisited - Looking Forward - Bibliography - Additional Resources - Biographical Data